News 03.01.18
1 March 2018 News
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Department says the flu season has officially peaked. Public Health nurse, Joyce Mann, says even though the season has peaked its still important to take precautions, including staying home if you’re sick. She says over the weekend, the CDC mentioned that nationwide it seems to have hit the peak. Mann says this season was severe and the number of cases will remain high for a few weeks.
-30-
The Dodge County Sheriff says the Outlaws motorcycle gang will have no problems with law enforcement in Lomira as long as they behave. The Sheriff’s Office and Lomira police have conducted a criminal interdiction effort the last two Friday nights after learning the motorcycle gang opened a clubhouse in Lomira. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says the concern is that the Outlaws have been involved in criminal activity including illegal drug trafficking, prostitution and violence in other locations where they have established a presence. He says they don’t know the individuals in Lomira are doing those things right now, but they know there is a significant history with the Outlaws in doing that. Schmidt says the gang’s track record involves establishing a positive presence in a community before the illegal activity begins.
-30-
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources board members are pressuring the agency to use softer terminology to describe counties affected by chronic wasting disease. The DNR’s website currently notes 47 counties are affected by the disease. That means the county has either had a deer test positive or lies within 10 miles of another county that has had a positive. Board member Gregory Kazmierski told DNR Wildlife Health Section Chief Tami Ryan during a meeting Wednesday that it sounds as if 47 counties are infected, driving hunters to out-of-state. Kazmierski said affected counties should be called “watch counties” and the agency should stop counting counties over time and instead report how many currently have CWD. Ryan agreed to begin reporting annual data but said wording changes may require regulatory revisions.
-30-
Funding for state road projects could be reduced as much as $90 million by mid-2019 in order to pay for roadwork related to the $10 billion Foxconn Technology Group plant in southeast Wisconsin. That’s the determination of the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau in a memo sent to Democratic lawmakers that they released Wednesday. Assembly Democratic Minority Leader Gordon Hintz says the memo shows that Republican Gov. Scott Walker is prioritizing the Foxconn project over repairing roads elsewhere in the state. The reduction to pay for roads around the massive Foxconn project is expected to leave the state highway fund as much as $870 million short of the $2.4 billion the state Department of Transportation state was needed to maintain road conditions for the next decade. The Foxconn plant to make liquid-crystal display screens is expected to employ up to 13,000 people.
-30-
Share |